Mata Hari (TV series)
Mata Hari | |
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Genre | Biographical |
Written by | Igor Ter-Karapetov Oleg Kirillov |
Directed by | Dennis Berry Julius Berg |
Starring | |
Composer | Aleksei Aigi |
Country of origin |
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Original languages | Russian, English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producers | Vlad Riashyn Aleksandr Starikov |
Cinematography | Oleg Lukichov Andrei Katorzhenko |
Production company | Star Media |
Original release | |
Network | |
Release | 20 March 28 March 2017 | –
Mata Hari is a 2017 Russian-Portuguese television series, produced by International production company Star Media in association with Channel One (Russia) and Inter (Ukraine).[1][2][3]
The series is dedicated to the story of the legendary spy, fatal temptress and passionate dancer Margareta Zelle, better known under the pseudonym Mata Hari, who was engaged in espionage activities in favor of Germany during the First World War.
Plot
[edit]Margaret MacLeod, persecuted by her ex-husband, is deprived of custody of her daughter and abandoned to the mercy of fate with no means of subsistence. She becomes a dancer and is desperate to find any other earnings.
Under the pseudonym Mata Hari, Margaret becomes the favorite of the European elite. For her the doors of luxurious mansions and villas open, each performance produces an incredible furore. But the First World War is coming, which will forever change the course of history.
And Mata Hari can barely foresee what role she is destined to play in the upcoming events.
Cast
[edit]- Vahina Giocante as Mata Hari
- John Corbett as Rudolph MacLeod
- Gérard Depardieu as Father Bernard
- Oisín Stack as Gabriel Astruc
- Alcides Estrella as Cyrus
- Anatoly Lobotsky as Monsieur Mollier
- Viktoriya Isakova as Countess Lydia Kireevskaya
- Nuno Lopes as Baron Maximilian Riddoh
- Chris Murphy as Hubert Surdier, chauffeur of Kireevskaya
- Rade Šerbedžija as industrialist Eugene Émile Étienne Guimet
- Alexander Petrov as Mathieu Niwa, nicknamed "Knife", a thief and a murderer
- Rutger Hauer as Stolbakken, Judge
- Yehezkel Lazarov as Don Jesús Costello, Spanish Count
- Christopher Lambert as Gustav Kramer
- Kseniya Rappoport as Elizabeth Shragmuller
- Carlotto Cotta as Theophile Rastignac
- Maksim Matveyev as Vladimir Maslov, the captain
- Maria Fomina as Vera Semihina
- Aleksei Guskov as Georges Ladoux, the head of the Deuxième Bureau
- Svetlana Khodchenkova as Zlatka Dzhenich
- Alexander Mikhailov as Pyotr Seminikhin
- Makar Zaporizhzhya as ensign Ryabov
- Dmitry Maltsev as Hervé Matine
- Peter Nesterov as Lieutenant Sakhnevich
- Alexander Khoshabaev as Mr Melo
- Ilya Slanevsky as German officer
- Nail Abdrakhmanov as David
- Artem Tsypin as Salinas
- Andrei Tartakov as Sergey Diaghilev
- Danila Dunaev as Pierre Lenoir
- Ruslan Dzhaybekov as André Citroën
- Alexander Ryazantsev as Nikolai Alexandrovich Lokhvitsky, Major-General of the Russian Expeditionary Force
- Natalia Gudkova as Michelle Riva
- Mikhail Dorozhkin as Salbarbe
- Igor Ivanov as Maître Clunet, lawyer
- Mira Amaidas as Patty
- Elena Sever as Tilda
- John Frey as Wernhel
- Ekaterina Rokotova as Beata Purishkevich
- Eugene Sibelco as Victor Hartung
- Ivan Rudakov as Ramon Cortes
- Anna Tsukanova-Cott as Anna
- Joanna Laitao as Non (14 years old)
- Sara Mestre as Non
- Aleksey Zuev as Father Aleksander
- Alexey Sekirin as Mister Munk
- Rogario Samora as Mrs. Patterson
References
[edit]- ^ "Ваина Джоканте: Мата Хари заставила меня повзрослеть" (in Russian). tv.ua.
- ^ "Как снималась "Мата Хари": французский роман Матвеева и сокровища Исаковой" (in Russian). StarHit.
- ^ ""Мата Хари": 10 фактов о новом сериале с Джоканте, Ходченковой, Раппопорт, Матвеевым и Депардье" (in Russian). Hello!.
External links
[edit]- Russian drama television series
- Russian biographical films
- 2017 Russian television series debuts
- 2017 Russian television series endings
- 2017 Portuguese television series debuts
- 2010s Portuguese television series
- Sociedade Independente de Comunicação original programming
- Channel One Russia original programming
- Russian biographical television series
- Multilingual television series